Dali Old Town

Dali Province to Lijiang, Yunan, China 3nd June

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June 3rd 2008
So the prices in China can be as cheap or as expensive as you want them to be. For future reference the exchange rate is 1 AUD = 6.158RMB at least when i swapped. So today I got up at about 9am. Got my stuff ready to check out. We (me, Mikk, Jian and Kathy) booked some horses up to Cangshan mountain for 60RMB (less than $10 AUD for there and back - 1 hour+ each way). Had some dumplings for b ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more